European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a the stars and stripes monday september 17,1990 democrats Laud Gulf policy but blast Home front Washington apr democratic party chairman Ronald h. Brown said saturday his party stands firmly behind president Bush a persian Gulf policy. A Saddam Hussein will get no mixed signals from America or from this party Quot he said. In a speech to a meeting of the democratic National committee Brown coupled his support for the . Commitment in the Middle East with a slashing attack on Republican Domestic policy. A a we la stand up to Saddam Hussein but we wont stand by As the new Republican recession wreaks havoc on our Economy a he said. Democratic party leaders meeting saturday Uptown from the White House Are formally endorsing Bush a decision to Send troops to Block iraqis aggression in the Middle East. But that backing for the Republican president does no to extend to his Domestic policy which the democrats say characterize a a decade of Republican greed and  on the Agenda for the meeting of the democratic National committee were resolutions denouncing a the failure of three successive Republican administrations to develop a National Energy policy Quot and blaming the gop for the savings and loan crisis. The Resolution demanded that the president a explain Why High ranking Bush administration officials have made concerted efforts to suppress new conservation measures developed to respond to the iraqi Oil  Brown praised the party regulars for completing what he called a a housekeeping matters related to the 1992 nominating convention. At a record Early Date the democrats have selected their convention City a new York a and now Are ready to adopt the convention Call which includes the formula for allocating delegates. The number of delegates allocated to individual states wont be determined until after the final 1990 census figures define changes in House seats and the november elections change the political makeup of the nations governorships. What is known is that the 1992 convention like the 1988, will have More than 4,000 delegates. Each democratic convention is always a Little larger than the one before and the 1992 meeting will have at least 80 More a pledged delegates. That allocation was inserted into the Call to please state party leaders who wanted additional slots for state and party officials. A bib piter a a new twist a Clare Bodner showed she could Bend to keep her balance during the compe with the Best during Chicago a most tuition saturday. Bodner wound her Way twisted twister contest. Here the to Victory Over 100 contestants to win Kansas City mo., resident struggles the coveted title. Toddler trapped inside Hole for 14 hours safely rescued Denver apr a 20-month-old boy was removed safely from a narrow 12-foot-deep foundation Hole in a remodelling project at his parents Home sunday morning ending a 14-hour ordeal. Oxygen was pumped into the narrow Shaft during the Long overnight operation to Rescue Kevin Davis while teams from four metropolitan fire departments dug a parallel Rescue Shaft and then tunnelled some 5 feet to the trapped child. Kevin son of Tom and Lisa Davis was asleep when Denver fireman Joe Cipri finally broke through and saw his face. A when i went and grabbed his hand he actually helped himself out of the Hole a the smiling Cipri said shortly after the 6 . Rescue. Fellow firefighter Kevin Duncan was in the Rescue Tunnel with Cipri and did the final delicate cutting away of the dirt to avoid a Cave in. He said Kevin a was in pretty Good shape. He fell asleep. He was pretty much out of it still in a  firemen strapped Kevin into a splint like device that cradled the child a head neck and upper body As they extricated him from the narrow Shaft. Rescue workers hooted and yelled with Joy As the boy emerged. The Little Blond boy with a dirt smudged face was blinking and Calm when placed on a Gummy and wheeled to a waiting ambulance. A police motorcycle escort then led the ambulance to Denver general Hospital where the child was to be Given a Complete checkup. The toddler fell into the 18-Inch-wide Hole about 4 . Saturday at an addition being built at his parents Home. Policeman . Hoffman said shortly before 1 . That heavy equipment called a a vac Hoe a which works off compressed air and vacuums out the Loose dirt had finished the Rescue vertical Shaft some 5 feet from the exhausted toddler and was drilling across to the child. The excavating machine worked until about 8 inches from the boy. The final breakthrough was done slowly by hand trowels. The incident was reminiscent of the october 1987 ordeal of Jessica Mcclure the toddler who spent 58 hours in a Well in Midland Texas. The arduous Effort to free her gripped the nation and her final emergence Safe in the arms of Rescue workers was televised nationally. Stateside Python discovered after great escape via toilet Alexandria la. Apr a 7-foot burmese Python that slithered to Freedom through a pet store toilet has been found after a month on the Loose somewhat skinnier but no worse for Wear. The Snake turned up in a Yard last week about a mile from wet pets where owner Brent Loewer had been keeping it in Hopes of Selling the Snake for its owner. A the was kind of thin. He Hadnot eaten in a while a said Loewer. Loewer said he normally kept the 2-year-old Snake in a Small Cage but sometimes let it Loose in the stores restroom for exercise. About a month ago he forgot one detail when he let the Snake out a the loves water and i left the toilet  when he returned the Snake was gone. He said head Given up Hope of Ever finding the Snake when a woman walked to the store and asked what a big Snake would eat it turned out that the Snake came out of hiding when a neighbor began mowing his Lawn tuesday. The Snake apparently afraid of the noise headed up a tree in his Yard. Loewer said the neighbor ran to his garage and grabbed a Hatchet but the woman a husband stopped him from killing it got the Snake out of the tree and sent his wife to the store to find out what to feed  . Author protesters want group backed Dies in san Francisco w i san Francisco api a Marva h Edina Minn. Apr abortion rights protesters destroyed symbolic credit cards of a department store Chain and threatened a Christmas season Boycott unless the store Abandons plans to Cut donations to planned parenthood. The demonstration saturday outside Dayton a department store in the South Dale shopping Center was attended by about 500 protesters toting signs bearing slogans such As a a in a pro Choice and i shop. A we feel betrayed and sold out by a Friend a Clare Gravon chairwoman of the Minnesota Alliance for Choice told the mostly female crowd. Organizers collected contributions to fund an Adver Tising Campaign for the threatened Boycott Gravon said would Start the Day after thanksgiving. There will be no Boycott if the Dayton Hudson foundation restores funding to planned parenthood of Minnesota she said. The foundation is the charitable  of the Minneapolis based Dayton Hudson corp. Dayton a announced in August plans to halt a $20,000 educational Grant to planned parenthood ending a 22-year relationship. The decision came about the time the Christian action Council said it would Boycott Dayton a and other corporations for supporting planned parenthood. San Francisco apr Marya mannes an out spoken author of several books who also wrote Exten sively for such publications As the new yorker and the reporter has died at the age of 85. Mannes who lived most of her life in new York die thursday at Laguna Honda Hospital a geriatric facility. The versatile writer was a social critic and a critic it radio television and theater. She also wrote satirical verse her books included a a out of my time a an autobiography that was published in 1971, and two novels a pm essay from a stranger in 1948 and a a they in 1968. She worked As a staff writer for the reporter Magazzi from 1952 to 1963, writing articles essays and reviews. Is also wrote for Mccall and the new York times